Compartmentalize, and hold this position for as long as you can. You’re building strength and stability in the hardest point of the pushup—the bottom, explains Gaddour.

Finally, do as many eccentric pushups as possible. Take 3 seconds to lower your body to the floor, and then drop your knees to the floor and quickly cheat your way back up to the top of a pushup position. Don’t pause between reps.

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